Generation mechanisms of tidal residual circulation |
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Authors: | Tetsuo Yanagi Kazuteru Yoshikawa |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Ocean Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan 2. Pacific Consultant Co. Ltd., Higashiyama 2-13-5, Meguro-ku, 153, Tokyo, Japan
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Abstract: | Two new types of mechanism for the generation of tidal residual flow are revealed with the use of a hydraulic model experiment. A remarkable anticlockwise tidal residual circulation is formed in a model bay due to the presence of a tidal current, the Coriolis force and a horizontal boundary. A similar circulation is also formed due to the presence of a bottom slope, a horizontal boundary and a tidal current which flows normal to the inclination of the bottom slope. The residual circulation in the Sea of Iyo in the Seto Inland Sea is considered to be due to a combination of the effects of the Coriolis force, a bottom slope, a horizontal boundary and the tidal current. We classified some of the generation mechanisms of tidal residual flow which have been described to date into seven types on the basis of vorticity considerations. |
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